Improvement in feed-cutters



utanet ,strates FRANK E. GARNER'OF CORN WALL, CONNECTICUT.v

Letters Patent No. 108,249, dated October 11, i870.

IMPRQVEMENT lN FEED-CUTTERS.'

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Beit known that I, FRANK E. GARNER, of Corn wall, in the county of Litchfield andin the State of Gon-v nectieut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed-Cutter; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawing aud to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

'The'nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a feed-cutter, as will behereinaftcr fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in whch Figure 1 is a longitudinalvertical section, and

Figure 2, a front elevation of my machine.

A represents the feed-box, supported at a suitable height by a frame, B, at the front end, and by any suit-able means at the rear end.

On the front side ofthe frame B are guides a a, in-

`side of which the knife C moves perpendicularly up and down.I This knife is attached to or forms part of a flame which is attached in the center of its lower edge to a bar, D, which passes downward through a mortise or guide formed in the lower part of the frame B.

Underthe front end of the box A are pivoted two arms, b b, the lower ends of which are pivoted to the lever E, on the circular or enlarged inner end of the same.

Direct-ly opposite the point where the arms b l) are pivoted to said lever, are pivoted the upper ends of two other arms, d d, the lower ends of which are pivoted to a projection or ear, e, on the rear side of the bar D, said arms In b and l d, with the lever E, forming two compouudor knuckle-joints, the lever `forming a part of each joint.

A screw, f, passing through avertie-al slot on the bar D into the lever E forms the movable center around which the knuckle-joints revolve.

Forfeeding hay it is necessary to get a down and forward movement, and it is necessary for the feeder, in taking position, to be lifted back, for, if the same pressure was on the hay in coming back that is required in feeding, it would draw the hay back. To obviate this diflieulty, I have invented a compound feeder, constructed as follows:

.On one side, at the lower ledge ofthe knife-frame,

is a pin, t', on which is placed an arm, G, forked at its upper end, and in this fork is pivotetl a lever, H, ex-

tending from the shaft I, which is placed in suitableL journal-boxes above the front end of the feed-box.

From the shaft extend two arms or levers, J J, toward the rear, through-the rear ends of which pass a rod, It, and from this rod smaller arms 7c connect with thc feeder K, the front end of which moves upon in inclined planes nt in the sides of the feed-box.

The rod which connects the arms lt k with the feeder extends through curved slots in the sides of the feedbox, and the front ends of levers n are attached to thevends of said rod, the rear ends of said levers b eing pivoted on the sides of the feed-box, so that when the arms or levers J J raise 4the rearend of the feeder, the front ends of the levers n will also be raised, and said ends, describing the arc of a circle, .will draw the feederup the inclined planes m m.

Having fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The arrangement of theknife C, guides a a, slotted bar D, screw f, and the knuckle-joint b E d, all substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes herein set forth. l

2. The combination Aof the arm G, levers H J, shaft I, rod h, arms k k, levers n n, and inclined planes m an, all constructed and arranged as described, to operate the feeder K, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand Vand seal this 8th day of July,

FRANK E. GARNER. [L 5.]

Witnesses THEoDoRE KELLOGG, PHILo M. 'KELLOGQ 

